kolonial - Globale Verflechtungen der Schweiz (Schweizerisches Nationalmuseum)

Switzerland has been globally connected and entangled with colonies established by the seafaring European nations in Africa, the Americas, and Asia since the 16th century. colonial-Switzerland's Global Entanglements offers a timely overview of this highly topical matter, placing a wide range of aspects in historical context and addressing as well questions of colonial continuities.

Contributions by distinguished scholars and experts from various disciplines investigate questions such as the involvement of Swiss companies in the trade with enslaved people, Swiss mercenaries in the service of colonial powers, the colonial legacy of the country's missionary societies, and the research and collection of artefacts by Swiss scientists in former colonies. Light is shed also on the involvement of anthropological institutes at the universities of Zurich and Geneva in scientific racism.

Conceived as an illustrated reader, this volume is both an invitation and a stimulus to explore and to engage critically with Switzerland's history of global interdependence.

Unter dem Dach des Schweizerischen Nationalmuseums sind das Landesmuseum Zürich, das Château de Prangins und das Forum Schweizer Geschichte Schwyz sowie das Sammlungszentrum in Affoltern am Albis vereint. Die Museen zeigen Schweizer Geschichte bis heute und erschliessen die schweizerischen Identitäten und die Vielfalt von Geschichte und Kultur.

Buch (Paperback), Deutsch, 284 Seiten